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Hadith 2051

Chapter on Wishing for Death and Its Remembrance

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Chapter on Wishing for Death and Its Remembrance

Zujajat al-Masabih 2051Volume 1

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Harithah ibn Mudarrib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: I visited Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was cauterizing himself seven times. He said, "If I had not heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, 'None of you should wish for death,' I would have wished for it. I remember being with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when I did not possess even a dirham, and now I have forty thousand dirhams in the corner of my house." Then his shroud was brought to him, and when he saw it, he wept and said, "But Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was not given a shroud except for a striped cloak. If it was placed over his head, it would not reach his feet, and if it was placed over his feet, it would not reach his head. So it was placed over his head, and idhkhir (a type of grass) was placed over his feet"
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Note 1

اس حدیث کی روایت امام احمد نے کی ہے، اور ترمذی نے بھی اسی کے قریب قریب روایت کی ہے۔